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Life in the Commonwealth
Commonwealth was the name for England's republic after the first execution of a king by his people. Oliver Cromwell, the hero of the English Civil War, was given the title "Lord Protector" and helped strengthen the Commonwealth with the help of Parliament. Numerous adjustments in English life during this period of time were daily life, education, and the social classes of women. During this period of time there were dramatic changes in English life.
Puritans had certain moral beliefs, which changed the English style of living. Puritans believed in the idea that Sunday should be set aside for religious observance. So they passed a series of laws that were designed for this purpose. The Puritans believed that theatres were `spectacles of pleasure too commonly expressing mirth and levity." During that period English men and women were not able to go to theatres because they...
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